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Shoichi Ozawa

Born 1929-04-06

Died 2012-12-10

📍 Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Shōichi Ozawa (小沢昭一, Ozawa Shōichi, April 6, 1929 – December 10, 2012) was a Japanese actor, radio host, singer, and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-za theater company.

Ozawa, who was born in Tokyo, graduated from Waseda University. He began acting after college, beginning with his debut stage role in 1951. He also appeared in television and film roles, acting quite frequently in films directed by Shohei Imamura and Yūzō Kawashima. In 1971, Ozawa launched his long running radio show.

Filmography 141

Free and Easy 18

as Gynaecolology Clinic Doctor

I Can Hear the Duck Singing

A Sandcastle Model Family Home

Gonza the Spearman

The Ballad of Narayama

Nuclear Scrapbook

Tora-san's Promise

Rennyo and His Mother

Vengeance Is Mine

as Nisshinbo Section Manager

Winter's Flower

as Apartment Manager

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

The Gate of Youth

Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

as Gontaro Ishiyama / Rep. Yamada

Ichijo's Wet Lust

as Ramen Shop Owner

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

as Seitaro Marukawa

Summer Soldiers

The Pirates of Buban

Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

Five Gents and a Kuniang

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

Prime Time Girls

The Girl I Abandoned

喜劇深夜族

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

as Tomitabayashi Shigeichi (sales)

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

as Shigeru Tondabayashi (Sales Manager)

Scrap Collectors

Sun Above, Death Below

Japan's No. 1 Traitor

The Human Bullet

Young Challengers

as Shintaro Namikawa

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers

The Shy Deceiver

as as Toshinori, Masumoto

Wild Ducks and Green Onions

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

as Han Ping-han (Hong Kong Buyer)

Traveling in Party

Love for an Idiot

as Sublieutenant Doi

Explosion Course

Ohana han: Dai ni bu

as Kamekichi Hosokura

The River Yokobori

as Rukichi Saruta

as Kamekichi Hosokura

Till We Meet Again

The Pornographers

as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

Silence Has No Wings

Trigger Happy Romeo

as Tadashi Hayakawa

The Ghost of the One Eyed Man

Pleasures of the Flesh

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Story of a Prostitute

駿河遊侠伝　度胸がらす

The Donkey Comes on a Tank

The Spying Sorceress

The Scarlet Camellia

as Koyama Samon

The Glamorous Ghost

Female Ninja Magic

Gambling Den Breakdown

Intentions of Murder

as Kazuyuki Tamaru

A Story from Echigo

Our Happiness Alone

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

The Insect Woman

The Gambling Monk

Badge of the Night

A Modern Samurai Village

as Tajima Taichi

as Pinosaku, the singer

Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure

Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi

Shūmatsu-ya hanjō-ki

Cat Changed Into Tiger

as Life insurance agent

The Temple of Wild Geese

as Kuniitsu Takami

Nippon no obaachan

The Song of the Season

Whistling in the Darkness

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū

Living by Karate

A Killer Without a Grave

Pigs and Battleships

Dai shusse monogatari

The War Without Weapons

Tokyo Mighty Guy

Smashing the 0-Line

The Sleeping Beast Within

as Reporter Horibe

He's the Witness

六三制愚連隊

Take Aim at the Police Van

as Gorô Kashima

My Second Brother

おヤエの家つき女中

おヤエのママさん女中

as Yukihiro Ando

Wolves of the Night

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

as Seikichi Kawarai

Nishi Ginza Station

A Slope in the Sun

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki

Inn of the Floating Weeds

Frankie the Milkman

as Shingo Yamaguchi

Hungry Soul, Part II

as Tachibana's Old Friend B

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

Twice on a Certain Night

Till We Meet Again

as Secretary Torii